Sodium Sunflowerseedamphoacetate  is a chemical compound, an anfoacetate obtained chemically from the triglycerides of sunflower oils.

Breakdown of the name and function of the components

• Sodium - Indicates the presence of sodium ions in the compound.
• Sunflowerseed - Refers to the origin of the compound, derived from sunflower seed oil.
• Amphoacetate - Refers to the amphoteric nature of the compound, having both acidic and basic properties, and also indicates the presence of an acetate group.

Description and function of the raw materials used in production

• Sunflower seed oil - Provides the fatty acids required for the synthesis of the compound.
• Alkylating agents - Used to introduce the amphoteric functionality into the compound.

Summary of its industrial synthesis process step by step

• Oil Extraction - Oil is extracted from sunflower seeds.
• Alkylation - The sunflower seed oil is then alkylated with specific alkylating agents to produce the sunflowerseedamphoacetate.
• Neutralization - Reacting with a sodium solution produces Sodium Sunflowerseedamphoacetate.

What it is used for and where

Cosmetics

Amphoteric surfactant with skin and hair nourishing properties.

• Cleansing agent. Ingredient that cleanses skin without exploiting the surface-active properties that produce a lowering of the surface tension of the stratum corneum. 
• Surfactant - Foam booster. It has the effect of introducing gas bubbles into the water and affects the cleaning process by helping to spread the cleanser. Since sebum has an inhibiting effect on the bubble, more foam is produced in the second shampoo.
• Hair conditioning agent. A significant number of ingredients with specific and targeted purposes may co-exist in hair shampoo formulations: cleansers, conditioners, thickeners, matting agents, sequestering agents, fragrances, preservatives, special additives. However, the indispensable ingredients are the cleansers and conditioners as they are necessary and sufficient for hair cleansing and manageability. The others act as commercial and non-essential auxiliaries such as: appearance, fragrance, colouring, etc. Hair conditioning agents have the task of increasing shine, manageability and volume, and reducing static electricity, especially after treatments such as colouring, ironing, waving, drying and brushing. They are, in practice, dispersants that may contain cationic surfactants, thickeners, emollients, polymers. The typology of hair conditioning agents includes: intensive conditioners, instant conditioners, thickening conditioners, drying conditioners. They can perform their task generally accompanied by other different ingredients.
• Surfactant - Cleansing agent. Cosmetic products used to cleanse the skin utilise the surface-active action that produces a lowering of the surface tension of the stratum corneum, facilitating the removal of dirt and impurities. 

Sinonimi

Amides, sunflower-seed-oil, N-[2-[N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-(carboxymethyl)amino]ethyl]-, sodium salt